[This post has been written primarily with English language learners in mind, levels B2 and above. Youโll find comments on the highlighted words at the bottom of the page.] Are there any films that you watch every single year, as if by habit? Films that have become your personal cult classics and that you traditionally …
The essential snowy weather vocabulary
It's been claimed that the Inuit languages of North America have over 50 different words for snow. You may be surprised to learn that English comes pretty close: if we include all the regional variants and dialects, the list gets pretty long! But don't worry, in this post we'll only look at the most common …
Engleski vokabular za opisivanje sneลพnog vremena
Stara je lingvistiฤka dosetka kako u dijalektima severnoameriฤkih Eskima postoji preko pedest razliฤitih reฤi za sneg. Sve i da je taฤna, zapravo i ne bi bila tako neobiฤna - ukoliko ukljuฤimo sve regionalne govore i dijalekte, po ukupnom broju termina ni engleski ne zaostaje. Bez panike od mnoลกtva novih i nepoznatih reฤi: ovde ฤemo se …
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The man behind the word ‘mesmerizing’
There are many words in English that we can use to say that something looks attractive: from 'pretty' and 'beautiful' to strong adjectives such as 'stunning', 'fascinating' or 'captivating'. In this post we'll look at the interesting background of another one of those, namely 'mesmerizing'. Firstly, what exactly does this adjective mean? The Cambridge Dictionary …
